| A | B |
| Tariff of Abominations | high tariff on imports that hurt Southern trade |
| states' rights doctrine | states should have greater power than the federal government |
| nullification crisis | southern states threatened to nullify federal law |
| Daniel Webster | Massachusetts senator who believed the Union must stay together |
| McCullough v Maryland | court case that ruled the National Bank was constitutional |
| Whig Party | oppossed Jackson, favored a weak president and strong congress |
| Panic of 1837 | severe economic depression |
| William Henry Harrison | army general who became president in 1840 |